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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/8] Allow huge page allocations to use GFP_HIGH_MOVABLE
    On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Christoph Lameter wrote:

    > On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Mel Gorman wrote:
    >
    >> The zone-based approach does nothing to help jumbo frame allocations. It only
    >> helps hugepage allocations at runtime and potentially memory hot-remove.
    >
    > Sounds like the max order based approach is better in many ways.

    I agree but too many people are not pleased with the main allocator path
    being affected and wanted to see zones, so here we are :)

    > Also avoids modifications to vmstat.c/.h ;-)
    >

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    Mel Gorman
    Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center
    University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab
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